The Children's Commissioner's for England's report on young carers gives a useful insight into the support provided by local authorities across England, but shows there is still much to do to prevent young carers getting overlooked.
Support for young carers was expected to increase following the new duties placed on local government in the Children and Families Act 2014 and Care Act 2014. It is therefore shocking to read in the findings that an estimated 80 per cent of young carers remain unsupported (see "in numbers", below).
Councils are obviously not meeting the needs of all the young carers in their community. But without the commissioner's inquiry, how would this be known? There is no robust monitoring in place for either the identification, assessment or support provided for young carers by local government.
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